Horn-tip for animals



(No Model.)

T OUMMINS HORN TIP FOR ANIMALS.

No. 456,887. Patented July 28, 1891.

VEN'ITOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE OUMMINS, OF HAOKETTSTOIVN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AMOS BARNESALBERT, OF DANVILLE, NEW' JERSEY.

HORN-TIP FOR ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,887, dated July 28,1891.

Application filed March 4, 1891- Serial No. 383,660. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE OUMMINs, of Hackettstown, in the county ofWarren and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Horn-Tipfor Animals, mainly domestic cattle, which invention is fully set forthand illustrated in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings.

The object of this invention is to provide an efficient, light, durable,and cheap horn-tip for horned animals, which shall prevent them fromdoing injury by butting or goring.

The invention will first be described in detail, and then particularlyset forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the device forming thesubject of this invention in vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the device; Fig. 3,a top plan, and Fig. 4 a bottom plan, ofFig. 2.

In said figures the several parts are indicated by reference-letters, asfollows:

The letter A indicates the complete article,

of suitable metal, preferably cast into shape,-

the circumference of the cylinder are preferably rounded out at bottomsand sides, so as not to hook on or catch hold of nails or otherprojecting points such as are frequently found on fences and otherstructures or in woods or forests.

The letter .9 indicates a set-screw, one or more of which may beemployed, passing through the cylindrical portion B into the bore orhole e. When the tipAis entered on the horn of an animal, it can readilybe screwed thereupon, the end of the horn passing up into the hole 13,the screw-threads therein holding the tip tight in place. By setting upthe set-screw s, so that its point will bite into the horn, all dangerof accidental unscrewing of the tip from the horn will be avoided orprevented.

The advantages of this horn tip or knob are numerous. There are no sharpcorners with which the animal could scratch or which would assist inuncrewing the tip from the horn. A large, practically flat, and unbrokenupper surface is provided. No projections or recesses exist in whichnails or other projecting points could catch, and thus either pull offthe knob or, that not yielding, the horn itself. The distribution ofmaterial is such that while the article presents a neat and attractiveappearance it is as light as possible consistent with its extent ofsurface. The alternating grooves or intercostal spaces and ribs presenta practically smooth external circumferential surface having a downwardtaper well guarded by the smooth circular head of greater diameter.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, I claim- 1 A tip or knob for ananimals horn, consisting of a lower cylindrical portion and an uppercircular flat portion or disk of larger diameter, and provided withradial ribs uniting said upper and lower portions, substantially as setforth.

THEO. CUMMINS.

Witnesses:

JACOB DEREMER, NELSON WILEY.

